Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Artist
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Label
- Elektra
- Catalog number
- ELLP-508
- Format
- LP · Compilation
- Country
- Brazil
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Rock
What’s on it
Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band has 18 tracks, about 1:20:29 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
A1Born In Chicago
- Written-By
- Nick Gravenites
A2Shake Your Money-Maker
- Adapted By
- Paul Butterfield
A3Mellow Down Easy
- Written-By
- Willie Dixon
A4Our Love Is Drifting
- Written-By
- Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield
- A5Mystery Train
A6Look Over Yonders Wall
- Written-By
- James Clark (2)
B1East-West
- Written-By
- Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
- B2Walkin' Blues
B3Get Out Of My Life, Woman
- Written-By
- Allen Toussaint
B4Mary, Mary
- Written-By
- Michael Nesmith
C1Spoonful
- Written-By
- Willie Dixon
- C2One More Mile
C3One More Heartache
- Written-By
- Marvin Tarplin, Robert Rogers, Ronald White, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
C4Last Hope's Gone
- Written-By
- David Sanborn, Jim Hayne, Paul Butterfield
C5In My Own Dream
- Written-By
- Paul Butterfield
D1Love March
- Written-By
- Gene Dinwiddie, Phillip Wilson
D2Driftin' And Driftin'
- Written-By
- Charles Brown, Eddie Williams (3), Johnny Moore (2)
D3Blind Leading The Blind
- Written-By
- Andy Edlen, Paul Butterfield
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Where it came from
Golden Butter: The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band was released by Elektra Records in 1972 as a double-LP retrospective of the band’s influential tenure. At the time of its release, the blues-rock scene had matured significantly, and this compilation served to encapsulate the group's transition from raw Chicago-style blues to the sophisticated, experimental jazz-rock fusion they championed in their later studio albums. It was curated to showcase the leadership of harmonica virtuoso Paul Butterfield and the formidable guitar work of Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop.
The album reflects the aesthetic and sonic shift of the late 1960s music industry, moving away from simple blues standards toward progressive arrangements. The packaging and track selection were intended to cement the band's legacy as pioneers who introduced electric urban blues to a broader, psychedelic-era rock audience. Upon release, it was well-received by critics and fans alike as a definitive document of the band’s evolution, providing a cohesive narrative for listeners who had followed their path from their self-titled 1965 debut through the experimental heights of the late sixties.
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